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Originally Posted by Vicky.

Queer. You know, the word used to insult gay people for as far back as I can remember...apparently it is appropriate to tag that slur on the end of LGBT these days. Something else a few of my gay mates are up in arms about

To be fair, the reclamation of the word 'queer' dates as far back as the emergence of queer theory in the 90s. I think it's a good umbrella term personally, but see the easiest acronym to encompass all of the new terms as LGBT+